#8903 - Oct-Nov 1989

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LRT Consultation Farce 

By lain Beaton 

The "community impact 

study" done by the consulting 

firms ofHemson, 

Janes,andTedesco,isn't 

the biggest of the LRT studies 

churned out for the TIC since 

October 1986. But it is the biggest 

disappointment. (All it has to say 

about Kensington, for example, is 

that St. Andrew's be widened from 

Spadina to the Parking Garage. 

And that making Kensington 

A venue, from St Andrew to 

Baldwin, northbound may( or may 

not) solve LRT-related traffic 

problems). 

This study was the one that the 

community had highest h9pes 

for -the one that was going to tell 

whether it was worth continuing 

consultation with Metro until 

they've completed the environmental 

report that TIC/Metro 

must submit to the Provincial 

Minister of the Environment before 

the province can pay 75% of 

the cost of the LRT. If the TIC 

report wiiJ now arrive at Cit~ and 

Metro Hall just in time to hook 

itself onto the "Village in the 

Railway Lands" Olympic bandwagon. 

If the Spadina people who 

stayed in the consultation to the 

bitter end have their way, the 

Province will demand that Metro/ 

TIC submit the report without 

further delay, before the project 

has gone too far to stop. 

This "community impact 

study" confirms thai the consultation 

process that we though was 

happening never happened. 

Maybe it's not possible when it's 

all run by engineers who hire other 

engineers to prove whether engineering 

is the answer to a problem. 

One of the reasons this particular 

study is particularly disap- . 

pointing is that it is so polite about 

the other $1.84 million of studies 

that it's really just anot:Jter chapter 

in the same environmental report. 

We asked for a study of the LRT 

and downtown development from 

acommunityperspective. We find 

instead a look at the community as 

a problem to solve with LRT. 

It isn't the independent look at 

the LRT we hoped for, because it, 

like all the other studies to date, 

was written, we now see, entirely 

on TIC/METRO's terms. TIC; 

through Metro, will have to submit 

this report to the province. 

There we will have to make it 

clear that this report is not the 

result of an independent study of 

community impacts. 

See Tailored to TTC, page 5 

Heart of the Country, 

Soul of the City, 

Organic Growers Eye 

Kensington, p. 2 

Ghost of Spadina Future? 

Condos and Restaurants Proposed for Carwash Site 

By Maisela Kekana 

Aiea residents were given a chance to air tlieir concerns about 

proposed development at the comer of Oxford Street and 

padina A venue which would not comply with the City of 

Toronto's Official Plan for Kensington. 

The proposed building would house a retail store on the first floor, 

a restaurant on the second floor, a total of 27 condominium units on 

the third; fourth and fifth floors, and two floors of underground 

parking, providing spaces for 37 cars. The stated purpose of the public 

meeting, which was held at the Kensington Community School on 

Thursday (Oct. 5) by the City's Planning Advisory Committee, was 

to give the people an opportunity to view plans and comment on the 

proposed five-storey building and the demolition of the car wash and 

auto repair shop which currently operate on those properties. 

Twenty-two Years of 

Promises: 

''Urban Renewal" in 

Kensington, p. 3 

ON THE MAP 

and 

Market Gourmet 

See page6-7 

The proposal also involves consolidating the properties by relocating 

a public lane now situated between 8 Oxford Street and 436-438 

Spadina A venue .In order for the development to go ahead, a rezoning 

and Official Plan Amendment would have to be obtained, because, 

according to the Official Plan, the properties fall in different zones. 

The west part of the proposed building would not meet with the requirements 

under the Kensington part II Official Plan and the zoning 

By-law because it would exceed the height limit by 4.6 meters and it 

would exceed the permitted density limit for combined residential and 

commercial uses. Residents who were unable to attend the meeting 

still have time to make iheir views known, by Gary Hodging, Chairman, 

City of Toronto Planning Advisory Committee, 2nd. Floor, ~ity 

Hall, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2. Further information and copies of 

the Preliminary Report, which details the proposal, can be had by 

calling Helen Coombs or Maureen Fair, of the Planning and Development 

Department at 392-7339. 

RECYCLE! 

lord Lansdowne does! 

Picture spread, p. 1 0 

Coupons! 

See page 11



News & Views 

l'tiOfO; CHHISKJfliiER HONNU:HE 

Mike Olssen (on right) attends to LIBERIT' S offerings of Roast Pork and Buffalo Sausage 

Organic Growers Eye 

Kensington Market 

By R. Boucher 

Four am Sunday. A September 

morning. A landing 

is made at Doug 

Nixon's Rob Roy farm. Touch 

down, and a burst of laughter 

erupts. The "Liberator", borrowed 

from John Kois of "Special 

Coffee Cafe" (aka ''The 

Greeks") on Baldwin Street (one 

of his better car buys) has no 

brakes. Occupants: chef Michael 

Stadtlander, a friend, an assistant, 

Market artist Peter Matyas, 

and myself, merchant "Farmer 

Bob". We make our way to the 

farmhouse and settle in. 

Now we're ready for anything. 

An amazing day is only 

beginning. The vision of 

Michael Stadtlander (who is 

a Kensington Market shopper 

and without exaggeration 

one of Canada's great 

chefs) is about to unfold. 

The chefs, the farmers, 

an assortment of restaurant biz 

types and a smattering of food 

lovers gradually begin to arrive. 

An estif!1ate of 250-300 sounds 

about right. 

Presented by "Knives and 

Forks", a group of environmentally 

concerned chefs, growers 

and farmers, the event, called 

"Feast of Fields", had the aura of 

a rare moment in history. 22 (or 

so) chefs, 9 wineries, and one 

brewery (Sculler) set up their stations 

all over this pleasant rural 

escape. Not to be forgotten: 

40-50 

natural/organic farmers and food 

suppliers, some of whom had 

displays set up.The restaurants, 

wineries and brewery were set up 

for all to feast and enjoy. And enjoy 

they did. The ultimate in 

culinary experiences. The finest 

of Canada's wine producers. 

World class and no less. The food 

and brew was .fantastic too. Definitely 

world class. 

I can't begin to describe the 

delights there to tempt our taste 

buds. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

From lamb consomme to duck 

breast canapes to stuffed mushrooms 

and more. Everything was 

created lovingly with the finest 

of ingredients, from or- 

I'UOfO: GliAISJOPHER HONNIERF. 

Chefs ,farmers and guests assemble to listen to pioneer organic 

farmer David Cohlmeyer and other speakers. Not a crumb was left 

of the apple-raspberry crisp made with apples fresh off this farm. It 

was the creation of Allison Jarvest, Macy Whitlow and Joanne 

Yolles from NIKA. 

ganic fruits and vegetables to free 

range "natural" meats. I've run 

outof terms to describe it all - · 

let's just say it could not have 

been finer. And smiling faces 

roamed from station to station in 

varying states of bliss and delight. 

As late afternoon came about, 

all concerned gathered at the huge 

tent set up in the front yard. 

Speakers stressed the virtues of 

organic and natural foods - 

foods grown or raised in traditional 

ways. They have superior 

taste, quality, and longer shelf 

life. After all· we had just 

experienced, no one in their right 

mind was going to argue. (And 

after 300 bottles of wine, everyone 

was in their right mind!) 

The reason for all of this is to 

eventually set up a permanent 

organic market somewhere in 

Toronto. (Maybe Kensington.) 

As the end of a perfect afternoon 

lingered and the crowd gradually 

departed, symbolically a flock of 

Canada geese flew overhead in 

perfect formation. Looking up 

and beyond I could only imagine 

the possibilities. Can Kensington 

,handle the challenge? Only 

time will tell. 

Left: Hand-drawn map, included with invitation, showing 

the route through the various specialized cooking areas. 

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Dirt Cheap Compost 

If you want to be good to your 

garden and ,participate in the 

Metro Toronto trial Home Composting 

Program, you should call 

public works at 392-5420 and 

ask them to put your name on the 

reservation list for a composter. 

Theyohlycost$11.65. Metro ran 

out, but they're getting more. 

Persist. You' II save yourself close 

to one hundred dollars retail. 

Blue Boxes 

Last month we issued a challenge 

to our neighbourhood 

schools to come up with ideas for 

posters that would encourage 

people to use their blue boxes, 

and use them correctly. Drum is 

delighted to announce that LORD 

LANSDOWNE SCHOOL responded 

and in this issue you can 

see a selection of their efforts. 

We'll run some more next issue 

(see "LEARNING WITH YOU" 

on page 10). 

Commerkal Recycling 

Last month we suggested that 

the city should come up with 

"Blue Buggies". Like a blue box 

on wheels with a fitted lid, they 

would hold organic waste suitable 

for composting. Fruit and 

vegetable stores could put all the 

rotten produce out in one of these 

(if the city would pick it up) and 

then the qnl y garbage they'd have 

would be folded up cardboard 

boxes and the odd wooden crate. 

It looks like some parts of the 

city are going to get "Brown 

Boxes" for kitchen scraps. But not 

us. Come on Kensington! Let's 

tell the city what we think! 

Garbage Woes 

Do you have any good ideas 

about good places in Kensington 

for additional waste containers? 

Phone 977-0192 or write to 

DRUM's Kensington Environmental 

at 72A Kensington Avenue, 

Toronto, M5T 2Kl

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·News & Views 

By Alan Schwam 

n the spring of 1967, the 

people of the Kensington 

area (defined as Dundas 

to College, Spadina to 

Bathurst Streets) were informed 

by a letter from 

the Mayor's office, City of 

Toronto, that a "study of your 

neighbourhood" would be carried 

out, lasting one year, which 

would "lead to a programme to 

improve the condition of houses, 

stores, streets, sidewalks, parks, 

parking, and the features of the 

area." 

In the summer of 1988 the 

City created a Kensington Market 

Area Task Force to do a study · 

in much the same terms. Now in 

the autumn of 1989, the Task 

Force has been told that the planning 

department is going to take 

a year to study the same list. 

(What the role of the Task Force 

is to be is still unclear.) - 

The May 2, 1967 study· signalled 

Kensington's entry, along 

with about 20 other communities 

in Toronto into a class of "substandard" 

neighbourhoods designated 

as "urban renewal" or 

"urban renewal study areas". It is 

wise at this time in our City's 

history for Kensington and other 

downtown neighbourhoods to 

look back at the onslaught that 

followed the introduction of benign 

sounding "urban renewal". 

THE ONSET 

Soon, as in all such urban 

renewal areas, city officials - 

"building inspectors, surveyors, 

social interviewers, and representatives 

of the City's Planning 

Board and Development Department"- 

were legally entitled to 

enter every property in the area, 

to inspect and classify both the 

property and the people living in 

it as if they were dead insects. At 

the same time private developers 

and large institutions, often working 

together, were engaged in a 

frantic hunt to acquire singlefamily 

homes or blocks of homes, 

preferably on large lots so that 

they could be converted to highrise 

buildings. 

This had happened in 1965 in 

the Sussex area (University of 

Toronto and the Aura Lee Park 

controversy), and was happening 

in the Kensington area where 

the Toronto Western Hospital was 

quietly buying up individual 

homes and blocks of homes 

whenever they came on the market. 

A similar gleam was present 

in the eyes of the officials of the 

George Brown College. Such 

Twenty-two Years 

of Promises: ·· 

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''Urban Renewal'' Then and Now 

policies, in Toronto's east-end 

communities like Don Vale and 

Trefann Court, had resulted in 

virtual urban guerilla warfare 

between City Council's offices, 

and the people of those areas. 

SHOCK SOUTH OF BLOOR 

In the whole city south of 

Bloor Street, from the Don to the 

Humber Rivers, people were in a 

state of shock and confusion. Few 

dared to put a penny into the 

upkeep of their homes or businesses 

because along with urban 

renewal came the dread legal 

weapon of expropriation, 

whereby anybody's property 

could be taken away from them 

as long as it was for "public purposes"; 

the compensation paid 

was ridiculously low. To combat 

this situation in our community, 

the Kensington Area Resident's 

Association (KARA) was formed 

in September 1967 at a meeting 

attended by over 300 people in 

the old St. Christopher Settlement 

House on Wales Avenue. 

Kensington looking west towards Toronto Western Hospital. 

Only a month later the first 

·significant victory was achieved, 

when the area's M.P.P. Allan 

Grossman made this historic 

commitment at a public meeting 

during the 1967 Provincial election 

campaign. On October 12 of 

that year, he said: "The Ontario 

Government will not participate 

in any further urban renewal 

project unless in the initial stages 

an urban renewal committee is 

established on which there will 

be representation of residents of 

that area. This urban renewal 

committee will provide the vehicle 

through which the residents 

will present their plans for conservation, 

rehabilitation or redevelopment 

which they believe 

will best suit the needs of the area 

in which they reside ...... " (applause). 

GROSSMAN COMMITMENT 

The "Grossman commitment" 

was no accident. Its terms had 

been worked out in several faceto-face 

meetings t?etween the 

Minister and members of the 

KARA Executive Board. 

Co-o{>eration between embattled 

Residents' associations 

across Toronto was also developing. 

As early as 1965 the Executive 

of the Sussex Area Residents' 

Association and individuals 

from Kensington had co-ordinated 

their strategy on the Aura 

Lee Court controversy, and by 

DRUM oHers space free 

of charge for information 

about community 

~vents. Phone us with 

detads, or drop oH a 

press release: 

72A Kensington Ave., 

2nd floor. 977-0192. 

1966, individual memtlers of the 

Don Vale, Don Mount, Trefann 

Court and Kensington Associations 

were working together. The 

"Grossman Committment" was 

cited in legal argument by all 

these groups. 

Despite this much-publicized 

commitment from Allan Grossman, 

it took much hard lobbying 

and many meetings before that 

election promise was transformed 

into government policy. But the 

pay-off for these efforts occured 

on'Tuesday July 16, 1968, when 

the Minister of Municipal Affairs 

rose in the Ontario House 

and officially read out the terms 

of the Grossman letter of October 

13, 1967 and acknowledged 

them to be Ontario Government 

policy. 

COMMUNITY TAKES LEAD 

The City had to capitulate. 

Failure to comply would mean 

the immediate loss of provincial 

urban renewal funds in the Kensington 

area. Any pull-out by the 

Provincial government would 

also jeopardize the Fedeml government's 

financial obligations. 

In September 1968, By-Law 224- 

68 establishing the Kensington 

Urban Renewal Committee was 

officially proclaimed. 

Knowing full well that city 

bureaucracy in the planning and 

development field lacked the 

intimate knowledge of the com- 

munity required to produce a 

proper plan for the physical and 

social improvementof the Kensington 

area, KARA and the 

Market Business(men's) Association 

took the initiative. for such 

planning into their own hands. - 

Between April and July of 

1968 a 14-point programme for 

the residential portion of the community 

had been approved by the 

KARA executive, translated into 

Portuguese, and prepared for 

circulation to every home in the 

area. A short time later, a similar 

14-point programme for the 

Kensington Market area had been 

prepared and widely circulated. 

These were pragmatic statements 

intended to guide the city planners 

in their preparation of an 

official plan for the area. 

But even before the preparation 

of such a plan, the progmmme 

drawn up by residents and businessmen 

was adopted as a matter 

of Council policy. On Oct. 

23,1969 on a motion by alderman 

Paul Pickett from North 

Toronto, the aims and objectives 

of the -24-point program were 

adopted by a committee of Council 

and subsequently by Council 

itself. 

THE MORE THINGS CHANGL .. 

It should be noted (for the historical 

record) that despite the 

initiatives of the residents and 

businessmen of the Kensington 

area, it took City Hall staff 13 

years to incorporate the 24-point 

program into an Official Plan for 

the community. This finally did 

happen when on March 12, 1981 

the "Part II Official Plan" for the 

Kensington Area was adopted by 

City Council. It received Provincial 

approval on July 22 of the 

same year. 

And the fact of the matter 

remains that despite 15 years of 

active community involvement, 

despite an additional 10 years of 

statutory commitment, few if any 

of the promises made to help 

improve the Kensington area by 

various levels of government 

have been kept So the question 

presents itself again. What can 

and must be done if we wish to 

live in an improving and not 

deteriorating environment in the 

Kensington area? 

ONE CLEAR LESSON 

Surely one thing is clear. Left 

to their own devices, neither City 

Hall, staff, private developers, 

nor "outside consultants" will 

ever come up with the creative, 

dynamic ideas needed to help our 

community make a successful 

transition to the 1990's and into 

the 21st century.The political 

direction forpositivechange must 

once again come from the people 

of the area itself. It is only we 

who can get the people we elect 

to different levels of government 

to cooperate with one another. To 

that end, the Kensington Market 

Area Task Force must be renewed, 

adequately funded, and 

given real clout. 

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No Spadina Thanksgiving: 

Latest LRT Study Another Turkey 

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Last Month 

We Reported 

The "community impact study" on the effects of the LRT, 

promised by Metro to the Spadina Communities fifteen 

months ago, has been released (sort ot).lt confirms what 

Kensington delegates to the Spadina Transit Consultative 

Committee (STCC) have long suspected-that the TTC is continuing 

at full speed with the Spadina LRT. And that the.y have 

funded much of this detailed design work with close to 

$1 ,500,000 (from the province) that was granted for preparation 

of ah "environmental report" on the LRT so that the province 

could determine whether or not the LRT should be funded 

further. 

So, in fact, while members of the Spadina communities 

have sat patiently on Metro's consultative committee, repeating 

all their concerns-to each succeeding consultant, the TTC 

has been engineering away at the LRT as quickly as they like. 

The track bed has been laid from Queen's Quay to King Street, 

and concrete curbs are being installed alongside those tracks 

south of Front Street, (in probable violation of the authority 

granted the TTC by the Ontario Municipal Board in March 

1987).To make matters worse, the time taken to do all these detailed 

engineering studies is now being blamed on the members 

of the Spadina communities who stayed in the consultation 

process. The newspaper that twinkles, for instance, talks about 

"the Spadina RT line" that is being delayed by "irate" and 

"fractious" Spadina Avenue ratepayers. 

This would be only a mild irritation were it not for the 

fact that the three years Spadina people have put into the consultation 

process - at the urging of the Minister of the 

Environment - could now be used to qeny Spadina a full 

provincial environmental hearing on the LRT. The Minister of 

the Environment can tum down a request for a hearing if in his 

judgment it would cause "undue delay'? to the project. And that 

is, clearly, the tactic. The TTC has strung out the consultation 

process as long as possible while doing every conceivable bit 

of design work they could on the thing they've made up their 

mind to do. And now they will get people who toe their 

journalistic party line to bellyache about all the unreasonable 

delays the project is facing - froin ratepayers, "activists", and 

a drawn out environmental assessment process. 

So, after three years of sitting through hundreds of 

hours of engineering, waiting for community concerns to be addressed, 

we now run the risk of being denied the hearing we 

have waited for - why? because we might, in the opinion of 

the Mini~ter, delay the engineers (who haven't stopped work 

for one minute during the "consultation"). 

Suspicions that the province might go for the "undue 

delay" theory are not unfounded. The same Minister of the Environment 

refused a call for a Harbourfront LRT environmental 

hearing in March 1987 on precisely those grounds. 

Members of the STCC still opposed to LRT on Spadina 

should make their final comments about the consultation and 

the LRT to Metro and then withdraw from the MetronTC consultation 

process. The Friends of Spadina should call one last 

public meeting. And then all members of the Spadina communities, 

for or against LRT, should get on the .Province's case to 

get this issue to a hearing as soon as possible. 

Sorry, We're Late! 

Sincere apologiies to Cecil Community Centre whose 

October flyer insert is only half as useful as it would have been 

if we'd been on time. Sorry, too, to anyone else who was inconvenienced. 

A twelve page DRUM allows form ore news, opinions, 

pictures, more writers - and more advertising. But also 

tougher deadlines, more organizing, and more time for things 

. to happen. 

Next issue, December 1. 

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• that the City had imposed a control bylaw 

on the Market area, Prohibiting 

new restaurants for up to a year and 

that the community had until September 

11 to appeal the by-law to the 

Ontario Municipal Board. 

·At least two letters objecting were 

filed with the City Clerk. Now 

we must Wait to hear what procedure 

must be followed. 

• that a last-ditch effort was to be made 

- via a public meeting -to come up 

with a design for Kensington canopies 

that would be suitable for merchants 

and placate Public Works who want to 

see the canopies gone. 

Attendance at the meeting was 

sparse but the City's planning 

department. went away with a 

clear idea of what merchants 

need. Now it's up to the Planning 

Department to take on Public 

Works. 

• that we need posters for Kensington explaining 

what can and can't go into Blue 

Boxes. 

Thanks to the grade 7 students at 

Lord Lansdowne for taking on 

the project (see page 10). 

• that the Parking Authority was due to 

release their Kensington area study any 

day (recommending expansion of the 

St. Andrew lot). 

This report is still not out, to our 

knowledge. October 3 was the 

promised date. 

• that the Western Hospital was in "high 

level" negotiations concerning their pro· 

posed 270,000 sq. ft. expansion (and 

that was why they'd not responded to 

the community requests for consuha· 

tion). 

Latest word is that the Hospital 

will not seek informal talks with 

the Community bQt instead will 

submit plans direct to the City by 

yearend. 

• that community residents were con· 

cerned with the way media hype fuels 

the drug problem in the area rather 

than helping to solve it ..... 

• that there would be a meeting of the 

Kensington Community Association on 

the third Thursday of September. 

There was, but not many people 

came. Same for October's meeting, 

because of a conflict with 

the LRT public info session. 

• that Imagine would be playing at Cecil 

Community Centre. 

It was a fine event. About 120 

people showed up. A small crowd 

by the band's standards, but large 

enough that another date has been 

set: November 11 at 8pm. Keep 

your eyes open for this one- it's 

a smoke and alcohol-free environment 

which welcomes people 

of all ages, including children. 

• that the UNICOLL Credit Union was organising 

a community information day 

"Parenting in Toronto" to be held on 

Glasgow Street. 

There were free hot dogs, pop, 

balloons, and tables full of information 

on everything from 

Lamaze to child abuse to first aid 

to alternative schools. Kensington 

Kamival's Circus Bizarro 

entertained in fine style to a small 

but apreciati ve crowd (See photo 

on page 12). 

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LIGIIT RAIL TRANSIT (LR'I) 

PLANNED FOR SPADINA 

The Toronto Transit Commission is now working on the 

final studies for the Spadina LRf. The LIIT is a new kind 

of streetcar line being planned for Spadina Avenue 

between the Bloor Subway and the Harbourfront LRf at · 

Queen's Quay. The LIIT is needed to serve new 

development at the south end of Spadina. This will replace 

the existing bus service, which is getting too crowded and 

is delayed in traffic. 

What LRf means is stneetcars -they will run on 

exclusive -lanes in the centre of Spadina Avenue, but the 

lanes will be designed so that pedestrians and vehicles can 

easily cross them. 

The TTC is now completing studies for an Environmental 

Assessment (EA), which is needed before seeking Metro 

Council approval to proceed with the Spadina LRf. 

EnvirOnmental Assessment is intended to protect the 

environment (.natural, social, cultural), promote good 

planning and ensure that the public has the opportunity to 

cmnment on projects which may affect them. Review and 

cnmm~nts are an important part of the EA process. 

WE WANT YOUR COMMENTS 

We're having two Public lntormation Centres in the 

community next week. We want you to come out, look at 

the disphiys, and give us suggestions and comments. On · 

display will be the preliminary findings of recent studies, 

including: 

Community Impact Study 

Traffic Impact Study 

I"Mking Replacement Study 

Accessibility Study 

Design Details and Options 

Please come to a Public Information Centre- your 

comments are important! 

E favor compan.-"Cer num dos Centros de Jnforma~ao 

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PUblica- os scus coment3rios silo importantes! 

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TRANSITO FERROVIAluO LIGEIRO 

(LRT - Light Rail Transit) 

PLANEADO PARA A SPADINA. 

A Delega9iio de Trans ito de Toronto (TTC -Toronto 

Tr•nsit Commission) este actual mente a preparar os 

estudos finais relativos ao LRf da Spadina. 0 LIIT e urn 

novo tipo de linha de electrico planeada para a Avenida 

Spadina, entre o metro de Bloor e o Harbourfront LRT, no 

Queen's Quay. 0 LIIT e necessario para servir o novo 

bairro situado no extremo sui da Spadina. Este substituira 

o sei-vi~o de autocarros existente, o qual se tornou 

superlotado e sofre grandes atrasos devido ao trans ito. 

0 que o LIIT significa e electricos -· este teriio as suas 

pr6prias faixas no centro da Avenida Spadina, faixas essas . 

que serao desenhadas de maneira a permitir aos peiies e 

vefculos que as atravessem facilmente. 

A Dclega9ao de Trimsito de Toronto (TTC) esta em vias 

de completar cstudos destinados a uma Ava!ia9iio do Meio 

Ambiente (Environmental Assessment), o que e 

necessario antes de pcdir a aprovocao do Conselho do 

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exame provincial. Tal processo e destinado a proteger o 

meio ambiente (natural, social, cultural), a promover urn 

bom planeamcnto e a assegurar ao publico a oportunidade 

de fazer .comentarios sobre projectos que o possam afectat. 

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Dois Centros de lnforma9iio Pu)Jiica estarao a sua 

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nos comunique as suas sugestiies e comenuirios. Podera 

observar os resultados preliminares de estudos recentes no 

mostrador, os quais comprcendt:m: 

Estudo do lmpacto sobre a Comunidade 

Estudo do Impacto sobre o Trans ito 

Estudo da Substitui9ao dos l"drques 

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CANOPIES 

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mile," grumble bureaucrats 

world wide. 

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a canopy." 

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variety of the 

"temporary unenclosed 

structures" on 

the boulevards of the 

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that have etched Kensington 

deep in the 

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By Robert Davis 

At 7:30 weekday mornings, 

many homeless and 

low-income people are 

heading into The Comer Drop-in 

Centre at 203 Augusta A venue 

for a free cup of coffee and a 

sandwich. The Drop-in, which is 

three years old this month, is a 

welcome oasis for the upwards 

of 100 people who use its services 

each day. Many of those 

who drop in arc regular users. 

Some have been street people for 

many years. Others are inadequately 

housed - paying most 

of their income for rundown 

rooms. A very few of the lucky 

ones arc living in non-profit housing. 

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"The Comer" offers a daytime 

drop-in between 7:30 am 

' 1 and 2 pm, Monday to Friday. 

The meal program always has 

coffee and sandwiches, and soup 

, 1 every day at noon. Sometimes . 

there arc other things to eat as 

well. Two community workers 

provide a referral service. They 

offer counselling about things like 

health care, drug and alcohol 

abuse, housing, and welfare. 

Literacy tutoring, a music group, 

and movies are offered, and a 

telephone for people who need to 

usc it. 

Funding for the drop in comes 

from all three levels of govcmmentas 

well as private donations. 

The program is sponsored by St. 

Stephen's Community House. 

Opportunities arc available for 

volunteers to assist in all aspects 

of the program, including helping 

with the meal program, housing 

search program and socialrecreation 

activities. We are specifically 

interested in finding one 

or two Kensington resident

CoiDIDunity/ Arts 

Learning with You 

1) Last time we asked: if your geography 

book had to have one chapter for each country 

represented in your class, how many· chapters 

would it have? And what countries would those 

be? We're still interested in replies on this. 

2) Now, thanks to Lord Lansdowne's grade 7 

students, and teacher Joan Halliday, maybe Blue 

will be well fed. 

3) Your next challenge is to find out what happens 

to each of the various types of recylable 

material you put in, and next to, Blue. 

Put your findings in words, pictures or 

diagrams and getthem to DRUM. We'll follow the 

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DATES 

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WATCH 

• Tuesday evenings in October 

Howard and His Doghouse plus 

guests. Stand-up Bass and vocals. 

"Like Tom Waits with a Kensington 

feel". Last Temptation, 12 

Kensington Ave. no cover. info. 

599-2551 

- Wednesday evenings in 

October Big Rude Jake. Soulful 

R&B. Last Temptation, 12 Kensington 

Ave. no cover. info 599- 

2551. 

-Thursday evenings in October 

Tamas Legar. Original Acoustic 

Rock. Last Temptation, 12 Kensington 

Ave. no cover, info 

599-2551. 

- Monday, October 16, Free 

Movies "Children of the World" 

Series (Chile, Guatemala, 

Korea)suitable for families and 

young people. 7:00 pm Cecil 


• Wednesday, October 18, 

Public Forum "Can We Stop 

Racism in Our City?" Organized 

by Councillor Liz Amer's office 

in cooperation with local school 

trustees and Jack Layton. 7:30 

pm Cecil Community Centre. 

- Thursday, October 19, 

Kensington Community Association 

meeting, 7:00 pm St. 

Stephens Community House. 

- Friday, October 20, Three 

music films: "Bluegrass Country"(1974)"TorontoJazz"(1964) 

"Best Damn Fiddler From Calabogie 

ro Kaldae (1%8) 2:00pm 

Sanderson Library. 

·Friday, Saturday, October 20 

and 21 Leslie Spit Treeo. Last 

Temptation, 12 :{(ensington Ave. 

info 599-2551. 

·Monday, October 23, Free 


series (Peru, Sri Lanka, Somalia) 

7:00 pm, Cecil St. Community 

Centre. 

• Monday, October 30, Free 


series (New Guinea, . Nairobi, 

Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong). 

7:00 pm Cecil St. Community 

Centre. 

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- Monday, October 30, Groundbreaking 

ceremony at Toronto 

Artists Centre and Club, 303 Augusta 

Ave. 7pm-1am. Call920- 

4969 to get on the invitation list. 

• Tuesday, October 31 "A 

comme Artiste" featuring Kensingtonian 

Christophe Bonniere 

at 8:00pm on TVOntario (channel 

19, cable 13 - also cable 2 on 

Sunday, November 5, and cable 

13 Monday, November 6) 

·Wednesday November 1, Free 

Lecture "The Jews of Toronto- A 

History" Dr. Stephen Speisman, 

Archivist, Canadian Jewish Congress, 

7:00 pm, Cecil Community 

Centre. 

- Saturday and Sunday; November 

4 and 5 "Mothers & 

Sons (who loves you most) SU 

PERSHOW" (show continues to 

1990) works by Claude Bonniere, 

Christophe Bonniere, Dagmar 

Matyas, Peter Matyas. 

B.Y.O.M. (Bring Your Own 

Mom) .reception (2:00pm to 

midnight) Checkerboard Gallery 

204A Baldwin Street. 

·Monday, November 6, Amicrowave 

cooking demonstration 

by Ontario Hydro. Opportunity 

to gather information about microwave 

cooking. (Note: not an 

opportunity for tasting recipes) 

Free. 7:OOpm Sanderson Library. 

- Saturday, November 11, 

Imagine(Reggae), 8pm Cecil 


• Friday, November 17, Free 

film "Nothing Sacred" a comedy 

starring Carol Lombard. 2:00pm 

Sanderson Library. 

·Saturday, November 18, Dale 

Lawlor, a freelance make-up artist 

and hair stylist working in 

advertising and fashion, will do a 

limited number of make-overs. 

Register at the front desk .2:00 

pm Sanderson Library. 

- Friday and Saturday, November 

24 and 25, Reggae Revelation, 

Last Temptation, 12 Kensington 

Ave. 

599-2551. 

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If you have an event to publicize let us know. 

Drum 977-019) 

For info call 

DOWNTOWN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL 

Activity based cooperative learning, multi-age 

grouping, team teaching, peace and justice, parent 

participation. 

On-site day-care available. There are a few spaces 

available for children JK-Grade 3. DAS is a downtown 

board school with a small population. 

Downtown Alternative School, 20 Brant Street. 

393-1882 (mornings). 

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SNOWFLAKE CHILDCARE CENTRE 

Full and part-time spaces now available for children 2 1/2 

to 5 years. 

A small non-profit daycare. Whole foods menu. Individual 

and creative development. Call 368-9124. 

39 Carr Street, Toronto, Ontario ,. 

Co01munity & Arts. 

St Step~en's Opens Its House_ 

By Peigi Rockwell 

Balloons on the ceiling, ice Tables were festooned with Public School and community 

cream dribbling down children's banners and leaflets. 1St. counselors at 10 Major St. 

chins and adults jostling to ensure 

Stephen's current programs in Its daycare and ESL training 

they'd get their taste of a confict resolution, English lan 

programs have an even longer 

Chinese pork dumpling - on guage training, daycare, the Chinese 

history. The banner at the ESL 

Sept. 27 the atmosphere in St. 

Elderly Persons Centre, serv- . display proclaims a 2~th anni 

Stephen's crowded gymnasium ices for seniors, Portuguese versary. Both programs date 

was festive. 

The event was St. Stephen's 

group, a drop-in for the homeless, 

youth employment group, 

from the era when St. Stephen's 

was an extension of the Anglican 

Community House's first open AIDS program and youth sports 

Church. Called the 

house,· celebrating 15 years of 

continuous service to the Kensington 

community. 

While children played at his 

feet, Bob Wong, provincial 

Member of Parliament for the 

reflect the variety of people who 

make up this community. 

When St. Stephen's first was 

incorporated as a non-profitcharitable 

organization in 1974 it had 

Nathanael Institute, it offered 

religious guidance, social services, 

English classes, youth 

groups, a summer camp and a 

nursery to the primarily Jewish 

community. 

Kensington area and Ontario a budgetof$20,000, a small resident 

staff and mainly in-house home for new immigrants to 

Today, Kensington is still 

Minister of Citizenship, spoke 

of the importance of S t Stephen's 

to this multi-racial, multi-ethni_c 

community in a province which 

he claims has the largest cultural 

mix in the world. · 

Politicians, community leaders 

and friends of St. Stephen's 

munched on the goodies made 

by the ESL cooking class and 

wandered about the gym admiring 

the displays set up by St. 

Stephen's various groups and 

services. 

programs. Today it has a budget 

of $2 1/2 million, 80 staff members, 

350 volunteers and 15 different 

programs. It has mushroomed 

out from it's base at 91 

Bellevue to include the drop-in 

for the homeless at 203 Augusta, 

an AIDs program and youth theatre 

ensemble for street kids called 

Kytes at 93 Harbord, a Youth 

Employment Counselling Centre 

at 799B College' St., a second 

daycare centre at King Edward 

Canada. And with each wave of 

newcomers, St Stephen's Community 

House has made an effort 

to serve their distinct needs 

by keeping in tune with this culturally 

rich and every changing 

neighborhood. 

Although the official Open 

House is over, St. Stephen's 

promises to continue as an open 

Community House for all Kensington 

residents for years to 

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Parenting Information Day held last month on Glasgow Street. See "Last Month We Reported", 

page4. 

00 For rent cmd sale 

HOUSE for sale in Palmerston 

A venue (South of College) .Two , 

Storey Victorian Style. Good 

Condition, ideal for renting. 

Asking$279,000. 960-5302(day) . 

920-4328 (eve.) 

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2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room, 

2 appliances, everything new. 

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01 Yard sales 

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SALE Walk up the lane through 

the iron gates between Kensington 

Market Fish Co. and Patty 

King Bake Shoppe. on the south 

side of Baldwin, street. Sunday 

October 29. 11-6. 

02 Chdd care 

FREE 

SNOWFLAKE CHILDCARE 

CENTRE has spaces now available 

for children 2 1/2 to 5 years. 

Small non-profit centre in this 

area. Whole foods menu, individual 

approach. Tel. 368-9124. 

DO YOU LIKE TO DO BA 

BYSITTING? Tell your neighbours 

with a DRUM HUM ad. 

NEED CHILDCARE? try putting 

an ad in the DRUM IfUM. 

TEENS! BABYSITTING 

COURSE offered by St. John's 

Ambulance of Metro Toronto. 

You get a certificate at the end of 

the course. Four Thursday afternoon 

sessions: Oct 12,19,26 and 

Nov 2., 4-5 p.m. You have to be 

· 11 years old or older. To register 

call the Sanderson Library 393- 

7653, or go to the front desk. 

03 Help wcmted 

GRANDPARENT- type of person 

wanted to plan and supervise 

craft activities as part of Parent 

Child Drop-In programme at Cecil 

Street Community Centre~· A 

warm, caring person is needed 

who likes children, and is interested 

in crafts. English AND 

Chinese language skills an asset. 

$7.00/hour. 598-2403 ask ' for 

Madeline. 

RELIABLE HELP NEEDED 

for busy bake-shop. Part-time, 

afternoons and weekends. 

If you live, work or study on our • 

map (see page 6-7) YOU CAN • 

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CLASSIFICATIONS 

596-6667. Ask for Ray. 

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has a few places available,forchildren 

JK-Grade 3. See the ad on 

page11. 

KIDS HELP PHONE 1-800- 

668-6868 free telephone counselling 

information and referral 

service for troubled children of 

all ages. 

DOCTORS HOSPITAL TEL 

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information on various 

aspects of health. call 923-3300 

andaskforthetapeofyourchoice. 

BABY MASSAGE WORK 

SHOPS For information about 

the next series of dasses call 

977-0192. 

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people by advertising in DRUM! 

LAUREL E: we found your blue 

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A One-Stop Artists' Centre 

To Open On Augusta 

Kensington Market will provide 

500Torontoartistswiththeirown 

· environment in which to create 

and network, if Step Cassidi' s . 

dream comes true. 

Cassidi, an artist and systems 

analyst, is poised to open the 

Toronto Artists' Center and Club 

(T ACC) at 303 Augusta Ave., in 

the space previously occupied by 

Thrift Villa. 

He is transforming the 14,000 

square foot building into a large 

gallery which will be open to the 

public, with thirty to forty studios 

and other services reserved for 

TACC's membership. He plans 

to provide member artists with 

such service-s as: storage space, 

rehearsal and performance space, 

a darkroom, cafe, art supplies 

store, photocopy services, classes, 

guest lecturers, desktop publishing, 

a newsletter, art consultation, 

etc. 

He hopes to attract visual artists, 

writers, sculptors, dancers 

and performers to the Centre. He 

already has 50 members signed 

up and has a membership ceiling 

of 150 for the time being with the 

hope of eventually opening the 

Centre up to 500 artists. 

. "The focus ofthe Centre," says 

Cassidi, "is to provide an environment 

where dedicated artists 

can thrive ... where they don 'tneed 

to depend on government and corporate 

sponsorship." 

He has taken 10 years to develop 

the project and is convinced 

that the centre will be a success. 

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"Toronto artists have an 

enormous amount to say but there 

are very few venues," says Cassidi 

who is confident that T ACC 

will provide the necessary gallery 

space and artistic expertise to 

showcase the artists' work. 

According to Cassidi, his 

Centre should have a profound 

and positive effect on the Market. 

He says the surrounding business 

people have given him their full 

support and they think the Centre 

will help increase their property 

value. 

The membership fee for artists 

is $120 quarterly and potential 

members will only be admitted 

after they show their portfolio, resume, 

letter of artistic intent and 

two references. The studios will 

rent for $65/week and there will 

be a 20% commission charged for 

work sold in the gallery. 

Cassidi will be relying on his 

computer expertise to set up a 

computerized mailing system and 

to produce a newsletter and art related 

software for members. 

Phase 1 of the renovations to 

create the gallery and public area 

will begin Monday, October 30 

with an official ground-breaking 

ceremony at 7pm. Cassidi is inviting 

anyone with an interest in 

the Centre to attend the celebration 

at 303 Augusta Ave. However, 

he asks that you phone him 

at 920-4969 to have your name 

placed on the invitation list. 

Cassidi says the Centre will officially 

open at the end of November. 

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DRUMMERS 

Writing/Editing: .............. David Perlman, Mosho Buell, Moiselo Kekono, 

Peigi T. Rockwell, Robert Davis, Robert Boucher, 

loin Beaton, Dole Martin, Sky Stollmeyer. 

layout/ Assembly: .......... Peigi T. Rockwell, Ted Dyment (Blackbird Design 

· · Collective), Mo$ho Buell 

Photography: ................:.. Anno Rewakowicz, Christophe Bonniere, David 

Perlman, Peigi T. Rockwell, Paul Casselman 

Advertising: ...................... Moiselo Kekono, Mosho Buell, Robert Boucher, 

David Perlman 

Circulation: ....................... David Perlman, Chris Melo, Moiselo 

. Buell, Robert Boucher, and friends 

Printing :........................... Weller Publishing 

Kensingtoon & Drum: ..... Peter Matyas

#8903 - Oct-Nov 1989

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